Planetary Evaporation and the Dynamics of Planet Wind/Stellar Wind Bow Shocks
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2016-02-03 v1
Abstract
We present initial results of a new campaign of simulations focusing on the interaction of planetary winds with stellar environments using Adaptive Mesh Refinement methods. We have confirmed the results of Stone & Proga 2009 that an azimuthal flow structure is created in the planetary wind due to day/night temperatures differences. We show that a backflow towards the planet will occur with a strength that depends on the escape parameter. When a stellar outflow is included, we see unstable bow waves forming through the outflow's interaction with the planetary wind.
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@article{arxiv.1508.00880,
title = {Planetary Evaporation and the Dynamics of Planet Wind/Stellar Wind Bow Shocks},
author = {A. Frank and B. Liu and J. Carroll-Nellenback and A. C. Quillen and J. F. Kasting and I. Dobbs-Dixon and E. G. Blackman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00880},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 314 "Young Stars and Planets Near the Sun"